I have to say that sleeping in your car or pickup truck is no more protection than a tent. I've seen what a bear can do to a pickup truck when it wants inside and it ain't pretty.

My wife encouraged me to add the balls comment BTW.

Yes I know they can rip a car up pretty bad but I reckon the noise they would make to do that would wake me up and give some time to pull the gun and start blasting away. What gives me the creeps is the thought that it could just jump on top of you while you are asleep and you get all wrapped up in the tent like a straight jacket .

When a man with a rifle reaches for his pistol........he is already screwed.........Pistols for dangerous charging anything is a last ditch desperate measure. Carrying a large heavy hog leg seams kind of silly to me. Don't overdo it or you will be to tired to run when that doesn't work.

I seriously doubt that a human could outrun a bear. I've heard tale that a bear can even overtake a horse in a short distance.? I've tried to catch a horse more than once and it's never worked out too good for the cowboy.

I seriously doubt that a human could outrun a bear. I've heard tale that a bear can even overtake a horse in a short distance.? I've tried to catch a horse more than once and it's never worked out too good for the cowboy.